Fingerprint card holder

Abstract

A fingerprint card holder includes a body member defining a flat support surface and a front, back and side walls extending downwardly therefrom. A front guide bar is carried by the body member and extends outwardly from the front wall a distance sufficient to accommodate a fingerprint card so that the card can be inserted between the guide bar and the front wall and then bent back against the support surface to expose a desired row of fingerprint receiving spaces. The guide bar includes inwardly extending studs which are biased against the front wall to hold the card while it is being bent. A releasable adhesive is secured to the support surface to releasably hold a card thereagainst.

What is claimed is 
     
       1. A fingerprint card holder which comprises: a body member adapted to rest on a flat surface and defining a flat support surface on the top thereof, a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of parallel side walls extending downwardly from the top surface, the body member further defining a pair of upstanding side guide rails extending parallel to the side walls and spaced apart to accommodate a fingerprint card therebetween, the support surface and the side guide rails being arranged to allow the card to be placed on the support surface from a position above said surface;   an elongated front guide member secured to the body member and defining a guide surface extending parallel to the front wall of the body member and spaced therefrom to accommodate a fingerprint card inserted between the front wall and the guide surface, the front guide member including at least two spaced studs extending from the central portion of the guide surface toward the front wall of the body member, the center portion of the guide member being biased toward the front wall so that a card inserted between the guide surface and the front wall of the body member will be held against the front wall by the studs while the portion of the card extendign above the support surface is being bent backwardly to lie flat against the support surface; and   a strip of adhesive extending along the support surface of the body member in a direction perpendicular to the front wall and adjacent each side guide rail, the adhesive material having a high adhesive strength on the side engaging the support surface and a low adhesive strength on the other side releasably holding the card flat against the support surface.